Caleb Chapman, Rebecca Driver, Jonathan Faron, Ryan Fenton-Garcia, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Caleb Chapman, Rebecca Driver, Jonathan Faron, Ryan Fenton-Garcia, Bradley Ross, Eric Vasey

Everyday Use Scenario

Description of Users and Environment Primary User Secondary User ● Dr. Smith ● James Anderson, ● 45 years old ● 32 years old ● ecologist ● casual birdwatcher ● lives in upper Michigan ● lives in California ● veteran smartphone user ● has an average understanding of smartphones ● wants to use the web application to ● wants to use the application to help scientist compare bird mortality rates to other catalog bird mortality rates locations she’s never been to

Use Scenario Description ● The user is James, a non scientific young man who loves birds. ● While driving, he sees a dead bird on the side of the road, so he pulls over to look at it. He opens up his Dead Birds web application and logs in. ● Because he is not a scientist, James is immediately directed to the form where he can take a picture of the dead bird and fill out the information. ● He doesn’t know the species of the bird, but he states that it’s the afternoon and the weather is clear. He is able to peg his location with his GPS, and he can state that the road is straight with no swerves, and that the speed limit on the road is 55 MPH. ● Once he has filled out all the appropriate information, he uploads his submission to the database. Scientists can view the database and look at his submission.

Paper Prototype ● Form ● Would include information such as: ○ species ○ possible cause of death ○ nearby obstructions ○ road and weather conditions ○ location

Paper Prototype ● heat map ○ can switch from heat map to regular map view

Paper Prototype

Usability Goals and Concerns ● users might be overwhelmed ● users will be able to share their with the heat map and data with other users from every information presented location ○ can switch from heat map view to ● scientists will be able to compare regular map view data points easily ● users might not know the species ● the app will be simple and easy to of bird, cause of death, or other use, even for a first time user information ○ make the information optional and allow just a picture to be uploaded

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